Simply put, this blog will staunchly promote the preservation of historic architecture of Northeast Ohio (and elsewhere, occasionally), and will simultaneously attack the high-rollers who always seem to get all the political support they want, regardless of how much of our history gets destroyed. The opinions you will read here will definitely be of the pull-no-punches variety. Money, and the corrupted 'politics' it has created, will receive nothing but the scorn it deserves!

Friday, August 19, 2005

LAKEWOOD'S "EXEMPTION" FROM THE 'SAVE OUR SCHOOLS' PROGRAM

There seems to be a lot of attention on saving old school buildings, lately, which is of course a good thing. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has been pushing it for several years and, locally, a 'partner' of theirs, the Cleveland Restoration Society, has gotten involved in this, as well. Lately, the focus has been on Cleveland's school buildings. But, why has Lakewood's school buildings been seemingly ingnored. Right now, several of Lakewood's older school buildings are in the process of being stripped and demolished. The photo with this post is of Harrison School, one of the schools being stripped and demolished, located in Lakewood's historic Birdtown neighborhood. Why isn't the Cleveland Restoration Society trying to protect these buildings, too? What 'politics' has prevented their involvement on this?

About Me

What I do for "a living" in unimportant. What IS important is that I am a 'rabid' preservationist, and I am sick and tired of all the historic buildings in our area being lost, on a regular basis, just because someone has enough MONEY to construct something in their places. This blog may not change anything for the better, but it will at least make me feel good that I got to express my opinions. I hope it may get some of you out there to start a little 'fight' for some historic buildings, too. I'd like to hear from you. Send comments to: secemp@hotmail.com